MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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